Ricks Cafe Americain

Cuisine: Tapas , African , South African
Ambiance: Casual
Menu type: Moroccan and Mediterranean specialties,Steaks and Seafood

Main course (avg): R90
Licensed: yes, corkage: no BYO

Open: Lunch , Dinner
Monday - Saturday: 11am till late
we serve food from 11am till 11pm

Seating Capacity: 140

Happy Summer [40% discount]

11 Jan 12 - 01 Apr 12

HAPPY HOUR
Every day from 11h00 till 19h00
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Mojito per 1 litre Jug (+-5 glasses) 125
White Rum, fresh Mint & Lime muddled then charged with Soda
Margarita per 1 litre Jug (+-7 glasses) 175
Gold Tequila, shaken hard with fresh Lime and Orange Liqueur
Cosmopolitan per 1 litre Jug (+-7 glasses) 175
Vodka, Triple Sec, Sour Mix, Cranberry juice
Chilled Sangria (Red) per 1 litre Jug 95
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COCKTAILS from R27
Jose Quervo Tequila R15
BLACK JACK Draught (Lager or Pale Ale) 330ml - R15 & 500ml - R23
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And from 5pm to 7pm
Our German WEISSBIER SPECIAL�s
(Paulaner, Erdinger or Valentins)
500ml for only R32
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JOIN US FOR OUR DAILY LUNCH SPECIALS FROM ONLY R45
Free WIFI for all our Patrons

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Description: Walking into Rick's Cafe has the same feeling as walking
into a friend�s home for dinner. The ambiance is comfortable to say the least,
with decor reminiscent of the movie classic"Casablanca" with its stylish colonial Moroccan tones
accompanied by lounge music filtering through the 100 year old Victorian building,
located in the 'trendy' Park Road, Gardens area of Cape Town.

Immerse yourself in warm ambiance and eclectic d�cor in our 120 seater
restaurant with its 3 fireplaces and bar, or enjoy the relaxed, vibey loft lounge
and cocktail bar spilling out onto a roof deck with breathtaking views of the
mountains.

Our award winning selection of wines (Diners Club Platinum Award) is sure to suit all tastes and features a wide selection by the carafe, we also offer a wide variety of Mexican and local Tequilas,
Vodkas, Single Malts, Bourbons, liquors and have over 40 local and imported beers in stock.

The menu presents a seasonal selection of Global tapas and a wide variety of dishes
ranging from mouth watering salads, Gourmet burgers, fresh seafood, matures Steaks and
Moroccan and Mediterranean specialties - "we serve Comfort food"

So come relax and enjoy yourself with either lunching on the veranda, sipping sundowners
on the roof deck or enjoy a delicious meal inside this historical cottage,
and we will guarantee you'll want to "play it again.� We all look for that place
to recommend as being "my favourite place", well in this case you might just have found it.
"So... Here is looking at you kid."

- We also do Corporate Functions, Private Parties,
and free WIFI!

Head chef: Jacque Rautenbach

Signature dish: Lamb Tajine "Royal"
Lamb knuckle Stew (on the Bone) with dried Apricots, Almonds and Walnuts, Veggies and Couscous

Bar

Child Friendly

Children’s Play Area

Halaal

Kosher

Live Entertainment

Smoking

Wheelchair access

Address
2 Park Road
Gardens
Cape Town

Reviews of Ricks Cafe Americain (3 reviews) - Write a review

Average Scores

Overall (9.2)
Food (9.3)
Service (8.3)
Ambiance (9.3)
Location (9.3)
Value (9.3)
Recommend (9.3)

Great Place, 20 Apr 2011

Reviewer: anonymous

(Adventurousness: I'll order it as per the menu.)

Comments: What a delightfully decorated establishment with very good and reasonable priced food, Fire places for the winter and the best roof beer garden in Cape Town. They will see more of me in the future..

Scores:

food: 10

service: 10

ambiance: 10

location: 10

value: 10

recommend: 10

Highly Recommended!, 19 Apr 2011

Reviewer: Gary james williams

(Adventurousness: Hold the garnish, hold the sauce!)

Comments: We visited Rick's Cafe for the first time last year on our annual Golf Tour to SA, we had such a great evening that we decided to revisit. Again we were not disappointed.
We were welcomed by a smiling Hostess on arrival who suggested we have a Cocktail at the Roof terrace Bar, We both thought this was a lovely touch. Being a Monday night we both thought the restaurant wouldn�t be as busy but to our surprise it was almost full. After spending on what seemed hours on choosing our dishes, may I add JP (from Zimbabwe?) was god send with helping us decide! We relaxed enjoyed our wine, a Hartenberg Pinotage which was excellent!
For main my husband had the venison special, skewers of Ostrich, Springbok and warthog filets, which was cooked to perfect, melt in the mouth and I had the Seafood Tajine, again cooked perfectly. We finished off a great evening with chocolate samoosas, which is one of the best desserts I have ever had. Once you break the crust, chocolate trickles out. Served with white chocolate ice cream, it was just delightful. Highly Recommended!